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Beyond the Sober State: The Work of Drunkenness in British Bureaucracy

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reports the drinking stories of British civil service clerical workers based at a large civil service office complex located in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1968 and 1993. It uses these stories to develop an account of state formation that takes seriously the place of joy, solidarity, contention, and exhaustion within public sector
Michael Vine
wiley   +1 more source

From Evidence to Engagement: Understanding Online Resistance to Community Water Fluoridation for Public Health Communication—A Qualitative Study

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study explored how individuals in an online anti‐CWF community construct and sustain opposition narratives to inform evidence‐based communication and policy engagement. Methods A qualitative study was undertaken with adults who self‐identified as not supportive of CWF.
Nilesh Torwane, Diep Ha, Ratilal Lalloo, Kristiana Ludlow, Nithin Manchery, Loc Do   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Buprenorphine doesn't hold me”: Neurochemical afterlives of state violence and the struggle for meaning in addiction treatment

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyzes two disparate experiences of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction, in California. Within the context of the U.S. War on Drugs and after decades of criminalization, buprenorphine represents a shift toward outpatient medical treatment of opioid addiction, but it has been unequally distributed and experienced ...
Lauren Textor
wiley   +1 more source

Mercy: A Right and a Privilege

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many accounts of mercy nowadays are morally neutral; agents show mercy when they impose less harm than they might have, whether or not such harm would have been permissible. More morally infused perspectives are often dismissed; for they seem too narrow to capture the full gamut of ordinary usage.
Jessica Isserow
wiley   +1 more source

Deteriorating Mental Well‐Being of the Young in the UK

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using several data sets for the UK we track rising perceptions of mental well‐being among the working‐age population in the UK. The trend is apparent among all age groups and for men and women, but it is most pronounced among the young, and especially young women aged under 25.
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, David N. F. Bell   +2 more
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“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
wiley   +1 more source

Theatres of Indirectness: Passive Aggression and Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Sara Crangle, Sam Ladkin
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Symbionts. Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Science With Fungi

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It has been argued that fungi have cognitive capacities, and even conscious experiences. While these arguments risk ushering in unproductive disputes about how words like “mind,” “cognitive,” “sentient,” and “conscious” should be used, paying close attention to key properties of fungal life can also be uncontroversially productive for ...
Matteo Colombo
wiley   +1 more source

Methamphetamine Enantiomers: From Chemical Synthesis to Biological Fate

Chirality, Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2026.
Methamphetamine is an amphetamine‐type stimulant characterized by a single stereogenic center, resulting in two enantiomers, (R)‐(−)‐methamphetamine and (S)‐(+)‐methamphetamine, with distinct biological and pharmacological profiles. These forms exhibit differences in central nervous system activity, metabolism, excretion, and overall physiological ...
Larissa Pires do Espírito Santo, Renato Lúcio de Carvalho, Juliana Almeida Sad, Pedro Henrique Costa dos Santos, Rhaiza Silva Domingues, Gabriele de Azevedo Cardoso, Karine Braga Enes, Gisele Assis Castro Goulart, Maila de Castro Lourenço das Neves, Ângelo de Fátima   +9 more
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Surviving the Nucleus Pulposus Desert: Next‐Generation Strategies for Intervertebral Disc Cell Therapy

JOR SPINE, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACTBackgroundLow back pain remains the leading cause of disability worldwide, with intervertebral disc degeneration representing a major biological contributor. Although cell‐based therapies have shown promise in preclinical models, clinical translation has yielded modest and inconsistent outcomes.
Tynhinane Hamidouche, Namdev More, Tiffany Lee, Mia Orr, Anne Camus, Devina Purmessur, Sarah E. Gulbrand, Nadeen O. Chahine, Lara Silverman, Dmitriy Sheyn   +9 more
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